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.ATTACHMENT PoR WINDOWS.- No. 380,126. Patented Mar. 27, 1888.

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A Trae/VHS UNITED STATES CHARLES CARROLL MAOKUBIN, OF BALTIMORE,MARYLAND.

ATTACHMENT FOR WINDQWS.v

PATENT OFFICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 380,126, dated March 27,1888.

Application filed IDecember`22,1887.A Serial No. 258,651. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, C HARLRs CARROLL MAOKUBIN, of the city of Baltimore,and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Attachment forWindows, of which the following'is a full description.

The accompanying drawings invention, of which- Figure l is a front viewof a window with its frame and sash with the attachment in place. Fig. 2is a view-of the same with the window partly raised and held by theattachment. Fig. 3 is a side section' of frame and sash and showing oneside of the strip as it is swung upon the frame. Fig. 4 is aview of afastening device, showing a thumb -screw passing through the strip, anda bracket, into which its threaded end enters for tightening andreleasing the strip. Fig. 5 is an upright side view of frame with sashin section and showing the strip operated by a cam and lever. Fig. 6 isa front vview of a window having an irregular configuration to which theillustrate the strip is applied; Fig. 7, another fastening device forpressing the strip against the sash, which may be used without slottingthe sash. Fig. 8 is a view `of the fastening device, showvving athumb-screw with bracket and collars,

with the stri'pO threaded to receive the screw of. the bolt.

In the accompanying drawings, A is a window-frame, and B the sash.

O is a strip,of metal or other suitable mate-i rial, having three sidesof a parallelogram when adapted for a square window-sash, orV

otherwise constructed to conform in outline to the sides and bottom ofthe sash. This strip is pivoted to or swung from a suitable part of theframe, as shown at D, and hangs upon and around the sash or the jointsbetween the sash and the frame. At the lower part lof the strip isplaced a device, E, for pressing the strip against the sash andreleasing it at will. This device may be constructed of any suitablematerial, and any device suitable for the purpose may be used. In Figs.3, 4, and 7 it is shown in the form of a thumb-screw. In Figs. 3 and 4 abracket, as F, is secured to the outer sill 0f the window, and providedwith a thread to receive the bolt of the thumbscrew. The bolt passingthrough the strip O and 4. A better form of device is that shown in Fig.8, wherein the strip O is threaded to receive the screw of the bolt andthe collars are placed upon the bolt on eitherside 0f the bracket. Thesash is slotted, as shown at e, so as to pass the bolt when closed. Thestop or collar e', as shown in Figs. 4 and 8, performs also the functionof preventing lthe strip from being pressed too far when the window isup to avoid bending the strip. In Fig. 6 the bracket F is placed on theinner sill and provided with a screw-thread for the bolt of thethumb-screw. As thus arranged the end of the -bolt forces the stripagainstY The strip O may bemade of any suitablev form incross-section--a round metallic bar will answer the purpose; or it maybe made square to iit the angle formed by the junctionl of the sash withthe frame and sill. l The form I prefer, however, is triangular,-whichwill give the necessary rigidity to the-strip and at the same time iitinto the joint surrounding the sash and act as a weather-strip to keepout dust and air. The strip in any form will have this effect, aswhen-tightened it forcesv the sash backward vagainst the sides of thegroove formed in the frame and makes a'good joint. This strip may becovered with cloth, india-rubber, or other soft material,if desired.

By means of this device a window may be secured at any position to suitconvenience, and when secured prevents the rattling frequeutly soannoying in the trainway or other cars in motion.

What I claim is- A windowsash,in combination with a swinging strippassing around the sides and bottom of the sash, and means for pressingthe strip against the sash and releasing it therefrom, substantially asdescribed.

CHARLES CARROLL MAGKUBIN.

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